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B-130736, JUL. 23, 1957

B-130736 Jul 23, 1957
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JR.: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED APRIL 15. RECEIPT IS ACKNOWLEDGED OF YOUR LETTER DATED APRIL 30. YOU WILL NOTE FROM THE DECISION OF APRIL 11. THAT A REPORT ON FILE HERE SHOWS THAT YOU WERE ADVISED TO ARRANGE SHIPMENT OF YOUR EFFECTS TO GOVERNMENT STORAGE AT PERSONAL EXPENSE. ON THE BASIS OF THE PRESENT RECORD MODIFICATION OF OUR PRIOR ACTION IS NOT AUTHORIZED. IS BEING RETAINED HERE. THE PROCEEDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE TREASURY TO AWAIT YOUR FURTHER CLAIM FOR SUCH AMOUNT.

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B-130736, JUL. 23, 1957

TO COLONEL ROBERT E. CRON, JR.:

FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED APRIL 15, 1957, IN WHICH YOU MAKE FURTHER OBJECTION TO OUR SETTLEMENT OF AUGUST 25, 1954. ALSO, RECEIPT IS ACKNOWLEDGED OF YOUR LETTER DATED APRIL 30, 1957, AGAIN RETURNING UNITED STATES TREASURY CHECK NO. 25,641,167, DATED SEPTEMBER 8, 1954, DRAWN TO YOUR ORDER IN THE SUM OF $24.26 PURSUANT TO THAT SETTLEMENT. YOU ASK THAT WE DO NOT AGAIN RETURN THE CHECK TO YOU.

AS EXPLAINED IN OUR DECISION DATED APRIL 11, 1957, B-130736, THE AMOUNT ALLOWED BY OUR SETTLEMENT OF AUGUST 25, 1954, REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE AMOUNT AUTHORIZED BY THE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR EFFECTS TO COMMERCIAL STORAGE AND THEIR STORAGE IN COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.

YOU WILL NOTE FROM THE DECISION OF APRIL 11, 1957, THAT A REPORT ON FILE HERE SHOWS THAT YOU WERE ADVISED TO ARRANGE SHIPMENT OF YOUR EFFECTS TO GOVERNMENT STORAGE AT PERSONAL EXPENSE, SINCE THE WEIGHT OF SUCH PROPERTY IN COMMERCIAL STORAGE EXCEEDED 1,733 POUNDS--- THE BALANCE OF YOUR WEIGHT ALLOWANCE. THE REPORT INDICATES THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT ADVICE, YOU PERMITTED YOUR EFFECTS TO REMAIN IN COMMERCIAL STORAGE.

YOUR LETTERS AND ENCLOSURES DO NOT CONTAIN ANY EVIDENCE IN ADDITION TO THAT HERETOFORE CONSIDERED. ACCORDINGLY, ON THE BASIS OF THE PRESENT RECORD MODIFICATION OF OUR PRIOR ACTION IS NOT AUTHORIZED.

AT YOUR SUGGESTION, THE CHECK FOR $24.26 WHICH REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT DUE YOU, IS BEING RETAINED HERE. THE PROCEEDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE TREASURY TO AWAIT YOUR FURTHER CLAIM FOR SUCH AMOUNT.

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